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Their starting quarterback remains questionable for the next game while the future of their starting middle linebacker is a question mark.

Winnipeg quarterback Buck Pierce was so banged up after Sunday’s 45-23 loss to the Saskatchewan Roughriders that he likely spent the night in the ice tub. Blue Bombers linebacker Joe Lobendahn suffered a knee injury that may end his season.

Winnipeg head coach Paul LaPolice was hoping Pierce would be able to recover well enough to hobble into Montreal and start against the Alouettes on Sunday.

“He’s banged up and sore but I think he’ll be OK,” LaPolice said. “But we’ll know better in the next couple of days … He was just kind of limping around after the game and he got hit in the stomach or wherever he got hit so, we’ll see how he is.”

Actually, it is a suspected rib injury.

LaPolice, however, knows that oft-injured Lobendahn will be out for some time, and was asked if the injury is season-ending.

“I don’t want to speculate but it doesn’t look good, put it that way,” he said.

PLAYING IN RAIN: Bomber defensive back Jonathan Hefney also suffered a contusion to his lower body, but he assured that he will be ready to go Sunday. But that will depend on whether he can practise later this week … Non-import LB Pierre-Luc Labbe also suffered a dislocated pinkie finger but should be good to go Sunday.

LaPolice was asked if it felt like it was pouring with all of the injuries.

“You’ve got to get up and play in the rain,” he said.

SAY WHAT?: Labbe replaced Lobendahn at MLB and called the defensive signals Sunday.

“The second quarter was kind of a mess,” Labbe said. “I was in there just trying to get the calls from the coach and try to tell it to everybody else. I’m French, so some of the calls are tough to say, so it was funny — well, it’s not funny because we lost — to see the D-line look at me and try and figure out what I was saying.”

WOE-LINE: But just who plays in the rain this Sunday remains a mystery as LaPolice indicated that he will consider changes to the offensive line.

“There were a couple of times that the players weren’t executing the way they were supposed to,” he said. “All those players understand that there’s competition for those spots and if there’s continuing poor performances, we’ll have to make changes.”

The O-line has now allowed 24 quarterback sacks, second-worst in the CFL.

“We’ve got to be better protecting (Pierce) and getting the run game going,” Bombers guard Brendon LaBatte said after the loss. “Everybody in this room has to look at themselves and be ready to get better.”